So what's in it for you? Well, vacation homes in Provence, Tuscany, and Baja, all donated by their owners. If that's too rich for your blood, there are plenty of small budget things like tickets Beach Blanket Babylon or free makeovers or meals cooked for you by real live fancy-schmancy chefs.

What all this is for is HandUp Cong, "a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people help themselves by providing a helping hand UP to a determined Village in the Democratic Republic of Congo."

A vacation home in Provence and help somebody in Africa? That would be super-sweet. Well, if we could afford it....